Holy High: IAF 'Big Boy' Mi-26 Lands At Devastated Mountain Shrine

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[Randhawa]

Holy Shit !!!

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Nice find dude,any similar pic for armors

Bhai budget ka masla nai hai apni zarurt bhi dkhni parti hai.Isay zaida ka karien gay kya?

But mi 35 is also a nice bird

 

[SrNair]

Russian Beauty.
Quality and Size .

 

[Abingdonboy]

Well everybody has his own point of view on beauty, but there is no comparison in operational benefits for us with this baby! IAF will soon realize what mistake they made, by limiting themselfs on sling loaded heavy lift only.

I doubt it sir, their CH-47F fleet will be many times more serviceable and available than the potential Mi-26-T2 fleet. Biggest is not always best and the Mi-26 has a multitude of issues that the Chinook simply does not have.

No doubt in my mind the IAF will get better use out of their fleet of CH-47Fs than they ever have out of their Mi-26 fleet. Other than a few specialist missions the Mi-26s were hanger queens deemed too expensive and niche to fly regularly.

Having said that india should not loose the unique capabilities the Mi-26 brings to the table and it would be most beneficial for india of a civilian organisation like, say, Pawans hans to buy a small (3/4) fleet of Mi-26-T2s to assist in infrastructure development across India (especially in coordination with BRO in the north and North East ). Demand for such a heavy lifter is only going to grin in the coming years as India's infrastructure boom takes off. So whilst the Mi-26 is simply too niche for the IAF/military it is still needed by india IMHO.

 

[acetophenol]

IAF can buy as many as Chinooks they need, all I am saying is that it must maintain atleast one Mi-26 with it always, either upgrade the existing ones, or buy new ones.

 

[sancho]

I doubt it sir, their CH-47F fleet will be many times more serviceable and available than the potential Mi-26-T2 fleet. Biggest is not always best and the Mi-26 has a multitude of issues that the Chinook simply does not have...

Well we had this discussion before, you still keep looking at US roles of the Chinook and ignore the reality in IAF, which the opening article is showing pretty well:

to transport up to 150 tons of dismantled machinery and equipment...
...The MI-26 helicopter will be there at Gaucher for around 20 days and make several sorties lifting heavy machines...
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The simple fact that a Chinook can't carry heavy or outsized machinery inside of the helicopter makes IAF limited to slung load operations, that itself is limited by the weather conditions. So with the Ch47 today, the IAF would need to stop the missions, whenever the wind or the snowfall is too strong, that's a plain fact that's not deniable!
Just as it is a plain fact that the helicopter operations during the floods would had stopped, if we hadn't the Mi 26, because neither the C130J nor the CH 47 in future can carry fuel bowsers internally.
The new MoD is even increasing the focus on road and rail constructions in the north easter areas, not to mention that IAF and IA want to raise new bases there too. Now guess which helicopter will be needed to transport he heavy loads again?

 

[sancho]

@Abingdonboy

IAF pulls off tough landing at Kedarnath

...Delivering equipment
“The equipment that will be delivered includes five hydraulic load carrier dumpers, two JCB-3DX, three Poclain machines, two snow-blowers and one Hydra Lift crane,” Col. Kothiyal said.

IAF pulls off tough landing at Kedarnath - The Hindu

Job well done: IAF’s heaviest chopper lands in Kedarnath shrine area

Colonel Ajay Kothiyal, the principal of the institute, said Tuesday’s trial landing was a success. He said the helicopter would help transport heavy and earth-moving machinery under extreme and trying conditions. “So far, it was being done manually,” he said.

Kothiyal said the Mi-26 can carry a maximum of 8 to 10 tonnes in one sortie and will have to make, on an average, two sorties a day, depending on the weather in the region.

Job well done: IAF’s heaviest chopper lands in Kedarnath shrine area - Hindustan Times


That is the task the Ch47 are meant to take over in future too!